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Buying an electric car is not an easy task. Choosing between the brands and then different options and trying to work out which one offers the biggest bang for the buck can give anyone a headache. Then there is charging - are there any public...

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the world’s worst kept secret and yet it is probably the most anticipated car ever to be released by Hyundai. Ever since the company ventured into the performance world with its dedicated N division, it has gathered a huge crowd...

Unexpected announcement came today from the state-owned company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). Its HiNa Battery GWh-scale production line in Fuyang, in Anhui province, just went live and the world's first commercial sodium-ion batteries...

During today's Tesla Semi Delivery Event, the company surprisingly announced that the new 1MW charging tech supported by the new Semi will also be integrated into the upcoming Cybertruck. Thanks to the new "immersion cooling tech", the...

Rather than focusing on delays and talking about how many years it took Tesla to actually deliver the Semi to its first customer - let’s just talk about the truck itself and what it really can do for the industry. Elon Musk claimed last night that...

Volkswagen just announced the new ID.3 concept and promised to debut the production car to the public this coming Spring. The new ID.3 features a brand-new design, though it retains similarity to the current car. The biggest change looks...

Hengchi, the Evergrande’s EV brand, unveiled its first car a few more months ago and deliveries of the Hengchi 5 only began in November. However the company is in big trouble as it announced at least 10% of its workforce is to lose their...

FIAT is happy to announce a world first today - the first "metaverse-powered showroom", that is, which it unsurprisingly bills as "a revolution in customer experience". Interestingly, this experience doesn't seem to be connected to Meta's capital-M...

In July of this year the US Army announced it awarded Canoo with a contract to produce a Light Tactical Vehicle - a multipurpose pickup truck that can do it all. The Canoo was given a price target of $67,500 and went to work on the car. Fast...

Counterpoint just shared its report on the electric car market in Q3 of 2022, showing some interesting shifts. The sales were made of 74% of plug-in battery vehicles with the remaining 26% being the PHEV and EREV. After taking the lead in the EV...

Jeep has opened pre-orders for its first electric SUV. The Jeep Avenger 1st Edition can now be booked in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, and Poland, priced €39,500 or in monthly installments of...

Nissan Nismo's CEO Takao Katagiri revealed plans to release a sports car under its the preformance arm's brand. The unnamed flagship model will debut in Japan before rolling to Europe and the US and will likely feature a hybrid drivetrain, but fully...

While the next incarnation of NSX is still years away, the company needs to keep its Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio busy developing cars of the future. The boffins at Honda decided that the factory with its highly skilled teams of...

The Peugeot 408 was a good car - it didn’t excel in any department specifically but it was good. It had tons of room, it was comfy as a sofa, it was quiet and it depreciated faster than Twitter’s workforce. You could buy a 2-year model with less...

Ford is in a celebratory mood today, as the 150,000th Mustang Mach-E has just been produced at its plant in Cuautitlán, Mexico. The Mustang Mach-E was introduced back in 2019 and finally became available in late 2020. It's currently available in...

What started 6 years ago as a group of engineering students taking part in a solar electric car competition in Australia, entered a major new phase at a production line in Finland. The production of Lightyear 0 is off to a good start - with new...

Today Renault and Airbus announced a new partnership in research and development focused on energy storage in vehicles and airplanes. Combining Renault's expertise in EVs and Airbus' experience in aviation, both companies will try to develop...

Mercedes-Benz is gearing up to launch the updated version of its electric van eSprinter. The official launch is happening some time in February of the next year, but since this is an update and not a new vehicle, there are only some details the...

It took CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative) a few weeks to respond to Tesla’s offer for its NACS charging solution to be adapted as the global standard. As a reminder, Tesla opened up its charging technology to any company wishing to use it and...

Stellantis is finally bringing its most popular European car into the electric age. Vauxhall and Opel will both introduce electric variants of Astra next summer - Opel Astra Electric and Opel Astra Sports Tourer Electric. The great news is that...